Color fills in some areas of the building were made to simplify and organize visual space. The usage of color just on one side of the corridors and intersections is an example of this guidance support.

In the parking floor, the blue wall is always on the left side of motor traffic, which simplifies the logic and perception of space, and is the support for information “OneWay”, “Entrance”, etc. The surrounding white walls support the information about the park itself, indicates the dedicated parking spaces, Deliveries, Disabled, and indicates “Exit”.

With the natural development of the process of signage was born the identity of the building, the contraction “Lab C”, as a chemical formula.

Wayfinding design project for the new building "EPAL Central Laboratory" (Lisbon Water System), developed in partnership with the architect Gonçalo Byrne. It is a tecnical building for water analysis with two upper floors of laboratories and a parking floor.

The graphic world of chemical equations is transferred onto the wayfinding system, through contraction of names and scale differences.

On the floor of the laboratories, large areas are identified by large-scale applications, suitable for distant reading.

Color fills in some areas of the building were made to simplify and organize visual space. The usage of color just on one side of the corridors and intersections is an example of this guidance support.

Creative Direction

Nuno Gusmão
Pedro Anjos

Designers

Mário Videira
Joana Gala

Photo

Ricardo Gonçalves
João Morgado

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